Hi!
I'd like this also to be mentioned briefly under the GNUnet project so
that anyone interested in GNUnet can find it.
Please add the following under GNUnet ideas:
Supporting GNU Guix's package distribution
Please refer to the description for this project listed under GNU Guix project ideas.
Thanks,
Sree
On 03/09/2015 11:11 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Supporting binary package distribution through GNUnet
>
>
> GNU Guix provides a transparent binary/source deployment model. A
> server can claim: “hey, I have the binary for
> /gnu/store/v9zic07iar8w90zcy398r745w78a7lqs-emacs-24.4!”, where the
> base32 string uniquely identifies a build process. If you trust that
> server to provide genuine binaries, then you can grab them instead of
> building Emacs locally. This mechanism is called href="/software/guix/manual/html_node/Substitutes.html">substitution.
>
>
>
> The “traditional model” has been to have a build farm build and serve
> binary packages over HTTP. In that model, users trust the build farm to
> provide authentic binaries.
>
>
>
> The project aims to provide a practical decentralization
> distribution mechanism for binary packages, using href="/software/gnunet">GNUnet’s networking layers. In that
> model, users would be able to automatically share binaries they have
> built locally, and to install binaries built by other users. This is
> part of a broader goal of disintermediation among users,
> and between users and upstream software developers.
>
>
>
> Deliverables href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-03/msg00192.html";>include
>
> a substituter that uses GNUnet as its back-end, and a tool to publish
> build results.
>
>
> Mentors:
> mailto:totak...@in.tum.de";>Sree Harsha Totakura,
> mailto:bart.po...@gmail.com";>Bart Polot
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo'.